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The Scribleriad
by Cambridge, Richard Owen
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Dodsley, 1751. Mock epic poem, a literary satire featuring Martinus Scriblerus, the character also used by Pope, Arbuthnot & Swift in their satires; replete with social criticism & literary in-jokes; the preface discusses the genre of epic poems. Seven copperplate illustrations + title page vignette, most engraved by Louis Peter Boitard after his drawings. First edition, printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-row. Hardcover, as pictured; rebound in a remarkably unsympathetic lime-green leather with gilt & blindstamped decorations, marbled endsheets, possibly lithographed, likely from the 1920s or '30s. Shows some wear, smudges & nicks, some chipping to spine ends; ink name on title page, a few smudges & nicks to pages, boards a bit bowed. In six parts, plus preface & index, separately paginated: xvi; 31; 31; 31; 32; 32; 27; [8] pages; 7 engraved plates & illustrated title page. . First Edition. Full Calf. Good. Illus. by L. P. Boitard, J. Wall, H. Grovelot. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0543
- Title
- The Scribleriad
- Author
- Cambridge, Richard Owen
- Illustrator
- L. P. Boitard, J. Wall, H. Grovelot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1751
- Keywords
- Satire, Poetry, Humor, Humour, Illustrated Books
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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